Lower than £2000 has been shelled out by Stirling Council within the final two years in compensation for vehicles broken by potholes, in accordance with the most recent figures.
The council paid out £1,622.35 in compensation between 2020 and January this yr to drivers whose autos have been broken by highway defects.
In 2020/2021 a complete of £881.21 was handed out to motorists, with a further £741.14 within the 2021/2022 yr as much as January 1.
The final two years have seen the bottom pay outs from the council within the final 5 years, as most residents throughout the area have been lockdown because of the Covid pandemic over that point.
In 2020/2021, a complete of 64 claims have been obtained by the authority, with simply 4 of these being settled with a monetary payout.
In 2021/2022, 48 claims have been obtained – seven of which had been profitable as much as January 1 this yr.
The most recent figures present a big lower on the sums paid out previous to the Covid pandemic.
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In 2019/2020, Stirling Council paid out £1993.69 to 13 motorists, from a complete of 94 claims.
That was down from the yr beforehand, with £4,730.88 paid to 18 drivers in 2018/2019.
An eye fixed-watering £8,670.26 was coughed up in 2017/2018 to 37 drivers. That yr a complete of 121 claims have been lodged with the council
The figures present that, since 2014, Stirling Council has stumped up £19,645.09. Over that interval, a complete of 519 claims have been, of which 92 have been profitable. That equates to a profitable claims fee of 17.7 per cent.
Within the 2016/2017 fiscal yr, a complete of 20 claims have been obtained, none of which have been profitable, that means that no cash was paid out in that yr.
In January final yr, we informed how virtually £5000 had been shelled out in compensation by Stirling Council within the earlier 18 months. Between June 2018 and December 2020, the council had paid out £4700 in compensation to drivers. The determine was obtained by the Observer via a Freedom of Info request.
Over the identical interval, the council had obtained 166 claims from drivers, with 21 of these claims being profitable.
In Might 2018, the Observer revealed how, between 2007 and 2017, a complete of £66,147.57 was paid to claimants.